Dems Rally To Biden.
“I would like to see him announce sooner,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus who endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in the 2020 Democratic primary, said on Thursday.
“Nobody’s surprised that Biden was not my choice in the first election for the primary,” she said at a separate point during the retreat. “But the CPC and the president and his administration have formed an incredibly strong partnership.”
Biden on a number of occasions has indicated that he will run for a second term, and first lady Jill Biden told The Associated Press last week that “pretty much” the only thing left to do is pick a time and place for the announcement.”
President Biden is now considered an older American by any measure having his the 80 mark last year. That does not appear to be stopping the octogenarian Commander in Chief from plowing forward with plans for a 2nd White House run. Convincing his fellow Democrats that the White House is in reach was always going to be the big the heavy lift. Republicans are increasingly fractured and that could part of the Dem calculous as well, Biden doesn’t need be the strongest candidate. Just a foil to Trump and MTG.
